Charleston Southern named Loritz "Scooter" Clark as the Head Coach for Men's and Women's Golf on May 14th, 2025. He will be entering his first season with the Buccaneers in the 2025-2026 season.
"It is with great excitement that we welcome Scooter Clark to CSU as the Head Coach for our Men's and Women's teams," shared Barber. "He brings us a deep passion for the game along with a strong commitment to the development and experience of our student-athletes. Scooter is also a perfect fit with the mission of Charleston Southern, and we are very excited for what the future holds for our golf programs under his leadership."
Clark joined the Buccaneers after spending the two years as the Director of Golf at North Carolina A&T from 2023-2025 and before that, working for the PGA of America as the Director of Collegiate Championships. Clark also has collegiate coaching experience as Bethune-Cookman's Director of Intercollegiate Golf from 2010-2016.
In the 2024-2025 season, the women's team for the Aggies took two top three and five top five finishes including a runner-up title at the Elon Invitational in September. During the 2023-24 year, they had three top five finishes and a runner-up at the Bright's Creek Intercollegiate. In his years with the men's team, they have had four top three finishes at events. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the women's team came away with a victory at the PGA Works Tournament while the men finished second at the event held at Whistling Straights.
Prior to his return to coaching, he worked as the Director of Collegiate Championships from 2018-2023 for the PGA of America. Clark worked closely with the Strategic Advisory and Coaches Advisory groups to ensure that the PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship delivered on the long-term goals and objectives for all stakeholders, including the student-athletes, coaches, partners and golf industry employers.
His first head coach role came during his time at Bethune-Cookman, having a tremendous run of success with the Wildcats. In 2013, he led the men's team to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) championship to receive the league's automatic bid for the postseason. The men also had three runner-up finishes at the MEAC tournament under his leadership. In addition, between the Wildcats' programs, they captured 10 PGA WORKS Collegiate Championships, the most by any coach in the 36-year history of the championship.
In 2012, Clark had an individual from the men's team qualify for the Regional Round of the NCAA Championship, and in 2013, the Wildcat men advanced to the Regional Round of the NCAA Championship following their conference championship victory.
Clark's coaching career includes 29 tournament team wins and 32 individual tournament championships between his time with the men's and women's programs. While he was at Bethune-Cookman, the men reached a GolfWeek ranking as high as No. 58, while the women's highest ranking was 76. The two programs earned the NCAA's Golf Public Recognition Award for three consecutive years in 2014, '15 and '16.
Clark started his collegiate career in 1987 at Southern University. His final three years of collegiate golf were spent at the University of Maryland after transferring. Clark has been a Class A PGA Professional since 2009. He graduated from Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice.
